A deadly virus is unearthed, capable of destroying entire worlds. But as the story surrounding this terrible mystery unravels, more questions rise in its wake. To protect his friends, McCoy tries to shoulder the burden alone. However on discovering the truth, will Jim and Spock let him?

"A threatened all-female colony will only accept help from women. Uhura and Christine lead an Enterprise team to battle the prejudices of the colonists and the Federation, as well as more sinister forces that imperil them both. Set seven years after Kista, but stands on its own." (From an ad in Datazine #45)

"When I finished Kista, I simply could not concentrate on the immediate sequel. When I tried, I came up blank, so I jumped ahead in time and tackled a question that had been bothering me.

Just how sexist is the Federation? Granted that Star Trek was unusually enlightened for the mid-sixties, there are elements of it which seem offensive in the eighties. And if we accept it as a depiction of the 23rd century, where does that leave us?"